A group of senior police officers investigating Rob Ford tasked an undercover officer with luring a friend of the former mayor into a drug deal, court heard Friday. The central theme of the meeting on Sept. 11, 2013, was to draw out Alexander (Sandro) Lisi into a hand-to-hand drug deal, Det. Ross Fernandes testified under …

An undercover cop purchased marijuana ostensibly supplied by Alexander (Sandro) Lisi, a friend of Rob Ford's, but was unaware Lisi was part of an extraordinary investigation into the former mayor's "crack video," an Ontario court heard Thursday. Ross Fernandes said he had never seen anything like the surveillance aircraft, …

Former mayor Rob Ford owes a "sincere, specific and public apology" to city council for his use of racial epithets and mocking another person's language, says Toronto's integrity commissioner Valerie Jepson. She wrote in her report that Ford does not deny that he made the statements, and therefore she takes the details …

The drug investigation that saw Rob Ford's friend and an Etobicoke drycleaner arrested at the height of the crack-tape scandal was built in part on a deception that saw an undercover Toronto police officer cozy up to one of the accused. The trial of Alexander (Sandro) Lisi and Bahrami began this week, nearly a year and …

A former undercover officer testified on Wednesday how it took time to get connected with a friend of scandal-plagued former mayor Rob Ford, who was then under police investigation, so he could try to buy drugs. Ross Fernandes told Ontario court how he placed a pack of cigarette-rolling papers in a shirt pocket in hopes …

Rob Ford says he's been given a tentative date for a surgery that will remove his cancerous tumours. Ford has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment since he was diagnosed last September with liposarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. "They know I have cancer.

Ontario's information and privacy commissioner is calling on the attorney general to prosecute two people after former Toronto mayor Rob Ford's medical records were inappropriately accessed. Privacy commissioner Brian Beamish's office says he has referred two individuals for prosecution relating to the "unauthorized access" …

Ontario's privacy commissioner is recommending that two people face prosecution for the alleged unauthorized access of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford's health records earlier this year. Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish has referred two names to the attorney general "for prosecution relating to …

Toronto Mayor John Tory said Wednesday that he supports studying the possibility of turning Woodbine racetrack into a casino — an issue that's divided progressive voices in the city. His executive committee approved a request for a staff report on a proposed casino at Woodbine, which currently has slot machines but no …

Sandro Lisi, Rob Ford's friend and occasional driver, pleaded not guilty to three drug charges as his trial got underway on Wednesday. Alexander (Sandro) Lisi, whose lawyer said was too sick to attend a shortened court appearance on Tuesday, is accused of three charges, including possessing and trafficking marijuana. These …

A hearing into drug charges against a friend of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford began Tuesday with the accused a no show, one count against him withdrawn, and his co-accused making an extraordinary request to be excused from trial. Alexander (Sandro) Lisi, who was also Ford's sometimes driver, was ill and did not appear …